Distinction of the Day: synthesize vs process
Process means that when you hear something or see that a change is needed, you’ll take it into your head and compare it to what you already know. In that filtering process, often the urgency to act will be diminished because it will have been filtered and used up.
Some people simply need to process everything that occurs to them, but they lose the value of what occurred to them in the first place in doing so.
Rather, a better choice is to synthesize, that is, take what you know, add to it what you’ve just learned, and create something new out of that immediately.
Synthesizing is a creative process that adds to the richness and strength of a person’s life. Processing generally protects the person from new information because it acts as a filter, and often the benefit and the truth are lost in the process.
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From The Distinctionary developed by Thomas J. Leonard, Linda Talley, and Coach U, Inc. Modified by LMK.
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